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Source:
fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17F-10-DL: 42-2979 to 42-3003
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 322nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LG-R
MACR: 277
History of
B-17 42-2990 / Dame Satan
Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-R] West Palm Beach 14/12/42; Bassingbourn 10/1/43; Missing in Action 11+m Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Pilot Jack A. Hargis; Ball turret gunner: Starr A. Tucker (2 Killed in Action); Navigator: Carlyle H. Darling; Bombardier: Edward P. Winslow Jr (broke leg on bailing out); Radio Operator: Victor Ciganek; Ball turret gunner: Gerald H. Tucker (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Carl N. Smith; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jarvis Allen; Left Waist gunner: Albert Diminno; Tail gunner: Leland G. Judy (4 evaded capture). Enemy aircraft hit #2 engine and 42-2990 dropped back before being hit again. Crashed Montroeul-au-Bois, near Frasnes-lez-Buissenal, Hainaut, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report 277. DAME SATAN.
Last updated: 3. May 2020
B-17 42-2990 / Dame Satan Details
Observation made by S/Sgt. Edward F. Fee
A/C flying #3 of element to our right and above (believe to be A/C 990) was hit by E/A and ripped down on one side and rolled over absolutely shot up and A/C acted as if pilot and co-pilot had been killed and “went down like a ton of bricks”. Last sighted at 1422 at 49°38’N – 08°12′ E.
No parachutes came from this A/C.
B-17 42-2990 / Dame Satan Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Jack A. Hargis | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Carl N. Smith | EVD | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Carlyle H. Darling | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Edward P. Winslow Jr | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Jarvis Allen | EVD | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Victor Ciganek | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Starr A. Tucker | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Albert T. Diminno | EVD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Gerald H. Tucker | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Leland G. Judy | EVD | - |
17. March 2021 access_time 1:30
LOOKING FOR PROOF OF 1ST Lt and Captain BERNARD F PRIEBE PILOT OR CO PILOT OF ANY OF 32 OF THE 33 MISSION OF THE DELTA REBEL
17. March 2021 access_time 2:16
MY FATHER HAS 5 MISSIONS ON DAME SATAN LOOKING FOR THOSE MISSION RECORDS AS WELL
18. June 2021 access_time 23:39
my good friend Bob Campbell was pilot on Dame Satan and have some verbal stories but nothing written. Do you have anything on Bob
11. November 2021 access_time 13:27
MY FATHER FLEW WITH ROBERT CAMBELL ON DAME SATAN 1 ABORT 9 MISSIONS 1 AS A PILOT IN TAIL GUNNER POSTION IN A FLIGHT LEAD ELEMENT 1ST SHIP ON HIS 24TH MISSION AND WAS CO PILOT AND ALL OTHER MISSIONS HE WAS A PILOT AT AGE 16 AND WAS FLYING 8 YEARS BEFORE HE ENLISTED AND YOU WILL FIND HIM AS 1ST Lt BERNARD F PRIEBE CO PILOT WITH BOB CAMBELL AS PILOT HE SAID THESE WERE THE GREATEST MEN A PERSON WOULD EVER HOPE TO KNOW
28. March 2022 access_time 23:25
My dad was a Ball Turret Gunner on Dame Satan. He completed his missions in May 1943. His name was Oliver Hackwith. I have a photo of the crew and the name Priebe sounds familiar that he may have been in my dad’s crew.